Table 8.C2 Number of participating Medicare hospitals and certified beds, by type of hospital, region, division, and state; United States and outlying areas, December 2006

Census division and state or area

All hospitals

Short-stay and critical access hospitals a

Other non-short-stay b

Hospitals

Beds

Hospitals

Beds

Bedsper 1,000enrollees c

Hospitals

Beds

Total

All areas

6,177

938,762

4,986

831,679

19.4

1,191

107,083

United States

6,113

927,336

4,928

821,403

19.3

1,185

105,933

New England

263

43,257

193

32,772

14.8

70

10,485

Connecticut

44

10,228

32

8,299

15.7

12

1,929

Maine

45

4,194

40

3,697

15.4

5

497

Massachusetts

114

19,844

70

13,159

13.4

44

6,685

New Hampshire

30

3,526

26

3,055

15.5

4

471

Rhode Island

15

3,657

11

2,903

17.0

4

754

Vermont

15

1,808

14

1,659

16.8

1

149

Middle Atlantic

587

136,674

452

117,906

19.2

135

18,768

New Jersey

109

30,191

76

25,928

21.2

33

4,263

New York

242

70,276

206

62,692

22.7

36

7,584

Pennsylvania

236

36,207

170

29,286

13.6

66

6,921

East North Central

915

155,468

741

141,081

21.0

174

14,387

Illinois

213

45,084

185

41,666

24.6

28

3,418

Indiana

159

18,941

116

16,641

18.1

43

2,300

Michigan

180

28,941

145

26,337

17.5

35

2,604

Ohio

219

44,520

171

40,386

22.9

48

4,134

Wisconsin

144

17,982

124

16,051

19.1

20

1,931

West North Central

787

75,553

712

69,534

22.9

75

6,019

Iowa

128

11,738

124

11,388

23.1

4

350

Kansas

159

11,364

145

10,351

25.5

14

1,013

Minnesota

147

15,730

134

14,396

20.2

13

1,334

Missouri

141

23,576

114

21,506

23.2

27

2,070

Nebraska

96

6,470

87

5,810

22.0

9

660

North Dakota

50

3,297

45

2,958

28.5

5

339

South Dakota

66

3,378

63

3,125

24.6

3

253

South Atlantic

897

172,014

716

153,736

18.3

181

18,278

Delaware

10

2,261

5

1,892

14.4

5

369

District of Columbia

14

4,332

7

3,553

49.8

7

779

Florida

238

56,759

189

51,956

16.9

49

4,803

Georgia

178

24,888

145

21,960

20.6

33

2,928

Maryland

64

15,815

47

13,085

18.6

17

2,730

North Carolina

134

25,448

117

22,563

17.1

17

2,885

South Carolina

78

12,580

59

11,168

16.7

19

1,412

Virginia

113

20,681

90

19,092

18.9

23

1,589

West Virginia

68

9,250

57

8,467

23.5

11

783

East South Central

518

74,592

431

68,253

23.9

87

6,339

Alabama

129

19,725

104

17,891

23.3

25

1,834

Kentucky

120

17,281

97

15,126

22.0

23

2,155

Mississippi

115

13,032

103

12,410

27.0

12

622

Tennessee

154

24,554

127

22,826

24.1

27

1,728

West South Central

1,032

113,619

732

95,951

22.4

300

17,668

Arkansas

104

10,512

79

8,592

17.7

25

1,920

Louisiana

239

21,828

134

17,213

27.7

105

4,615

Oklahoma

153

14,837

126

13,480

24.4

27

1,357

Texas

536

66,442

393

56,666

21.7

143

9,776

Mountain

481

50,194

400

44,621

17.3

81

5,573

Arizona

103

14,497

81

13,178

16.3

22

1,319

Colorado

90

12,089

72

10,471

19.7

18

1,618

Idaho

49

3,288

42

2,949

14.8

7

339

Montana

64

3,011

62

2,817

18.6

2

194

Nevada

46

5,782

34

5,019

16.4

12

763

New Mexico

52

4,932

42

4,455

16.4

10

477

Utah

48

5,121

41

4,343

17.8

7

778

Wyoming

29

1,474

26

1,389

19.2

3

85

Pacific

633

105,965

551

97,549

16.9

82

8,416

Alaska

24

1,506

22

1,337

24.7

2

169

California

421

80,715

359

74,955

18.1

62

5,760

Hawaii

28

2,748

23

2,318

12.6

5

430

Oregon

59

7,433

57

7,152

13.1

2

281

Washington

101

13,563

90

11,787

14.0

11

1,776

Outlying areas

64

11,426

58

10,276

10.5

6

1,150

Puerto Rico

59

10,741

53

9,591

15.7

6

1,150

Virgin Islands

2

320

2

320

24.3

0

0

Other

3

365

3

365

1.0

0

0

SOURCE: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

a. Critical access hospitals are included with short-stay hospitals because, though not subject to one of the Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment systems, they essentially function as and are viewed as short-stay hospitals by their communities.